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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
:Disrespect to his Superior Off,

e. + 'E . - .
e Gen. Wilson, of cavalry fame, was
ct Washington q few days ngo, He
tells this story about the rough sort
OF characters he had under him in the
army: His dinner had been prepared
one day in q great hurry and put up
on rude table for his convenience.
Before he could be called one Of his
soldiers began to help himself, and had
made progress, too, when the general
arrived.
What are you doing here79'' ex-
claimed the general. DO you know
who ] am? Comrade g said the
soldier, II am satisfy ting my appetite.
81 suppose you would like TO do 30,
too, no matter who you arr. ''5E s.sl
am Gen. Wilson, your command
}er, and Before ! could say another
word by way Of prot est he arose and, ]!
grasping my hand, said General
that Is oil right. Before the war had
to be b little particnI Ia about the
company i kept, but have cot over
that TO some extent siince 4 have been
IN your commas 1. The rascal had
been = tho pe11itentia q 49,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
An Antidote for Diphtheria.

The remedy is a solution OF chlorine,
which can be obtained by putting 10
grains OF powdered chlorate of potash
in q dry eight-ounce vial and adding
Gin the vial) 1Oso or fifteen drops OF by.
drochloric acid, to be brought,in con.
tact with the potassa, corking the vi.
al for five minutes to allow the chlorine
gas to be set free; then. add water,
ounce by ounce, shaking between each
ounce with the vial stopped, until the
vial is filled. The light should be
kept from this solution by wrapping
the vial in dark clothor covering it
with blue paper. In using the remedy
the mouth should bethoroughly rims
ed with it and a Tablespoonful swal-
lowed every halt hour. This gives tia
local effect in the mouth and throat,
and it meets and destroys any micro
coccl or bacteria found in the stom-
ach, and systemic effect is also OBJ
tanned =,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
Morning People and Evening People.

u ~. - ~. 49,
Sarah orpe Jewett enforces her sug.
gestion that housekeepers place in the
guest chamber afew books, SO that
their guests are not yet sleepy when
the family go to bed, they can find
something to read in the chamber, as
follows: The world will never accept
the fact that there are two classes o:
-people-those who are at their best
when they wake early in the morning
and then run down like clocks,
and those who are at : their
worst and weakest and dullest
when sleep is just over, but who are
gradually winding themselves up all
day, SO that when evening comes they
are equal to anything. The trouble is
that the morning people are such a
majority that they rule society and
make all it's laws. The evening people
are obliged-poor things-to get up
and have breakfast when they do and
drag themselves out to keep early ap-
pointments, and when they come to
their happy evening and are wide
awake and blooming like primroses,
all the morning people are stupid and
sleepy and unsympathetic. :
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
Hypnotism at Harvard.

It is we'll known that Prof. James,
Of Harvard, has for some time been
Investigating the phenomena OF hyp-
nouism, and there are one or two stu,
dents who seem to have yielded than-
selves up to him, body and soul Tor
his experiments. He has, if report
speaks truly, gone much further than
is usually the case in such experimerts,
and has SO reduced the gvolition Of
these subjects to his control that heis
able to impel them to do acts upon
which he has determined hours after
the impulse isgiyen and quiteindepend-
emily OF his presence. Is is said that
he has not yet succeeded in making his
will carry Tor more than tWenty-four
hours, but instances are related in
winch he has determined that at Civ.
en- hour on the following day q subject
shall perform some singular eetion.
Without communicating his design to
any person whatever, and simply, so
far a. the uninitiated can und erstand,
by fixing his willupon the matter, he IL
able to produce upon the mind OF the
subject an impression so strong and 50
permanent thai at the given moment
the subject does what he Is wilIed
SO do without any consciousness that
he is not acting Of his own free will
and even without the operator being
himself Obliged to keep his design ID:
mind after the first determination, OF,
SO to speak, the original fat OF his
mind There are others III Cambridge
who have aleo develop ped similar pow
ers, and one Of them, so the gossip
goes, willed that his subject, il ne met:
Prot. James within a "A AZ, should say
10 him: How dreadful your nose
looks. 0nlthe next day the subject,
absolutely ignorant OF the resol vespfs
his master, met the professor, Rilose
nose WAS ia Its usual heat hfnl stat
and with no apparent 1nconscinn5r
ness Of the abs ardity of the remafk,
greeted him in he words quoted
subject lie one of 81 intense
est, and suggests l1pcannv and u
thornesque possib des to the Nit Srss
of fiction. One Woplde rs d lit &, sflp
posing the tales Cd II,e true. Whist f6eS
students who allox their nnenta bs.s
Inc tI,us 70 Do exper i1nentsd On -
thin king 90 and how parent would lef
|ifhe dscoysr that ligS son, sthle oectls
patioH at srard 81 s RI be hy5tI|,,inluti
EholiR ~ coilrse s. port IS ssllclh
mat Il toslbe e
lcution roy e "a, 4! g. q q
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
Campanini's Voice Knocked out
by American Whisky. Il

According to a stray item of Euro.
pean news, Campanini is regaining his
voice to great extent, but it will
never be the organ it was in his palmy
days. 1t may not begenerally known,
says the Brooklyn Citizen, that the
jovial tenor is to be blamed for this
great deprivation-the result, curious
ly enough, OF his sudden infatuatiou
for an American drink, whisky and
settler, when he was starring years ago
at the Academy of Music. It is not
often that q continental European,
and an italian at that, contracts q
love for our national drinks. The SUBJ
jects Of her Majesty are about the only
Europeans who, when they come here,
indulge themselves with the American
counterpart of The home article. But
Campanini came TO us at q time when
the war had made the drinking habit
and the inbibing Of whisky very cen.
eral with our people. He forsook his
chianta for bourbon, and las my in
formant tells me) thought man a
fool who should drink the one when he
could get the other. The cafes along
/ Fourteenth street, where the Ameri
B can ''bar' is added to the wine shop
and bier-stube, we're his resort for re.
taxation after rehearsal or after per-
formance. With a tumblsr.of 4tyeesky'
before him he took childish delight
in toying with the siphon, and shoot
ing the kissing stream Of settler water
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
Farmers Clubs

Aawriter in the Stockman advises
neighborhood clubs of farmers, and
thinks that small clubs are the most
useful. He says, ~ have madea care
full study of farmers clubs and how
to conduct them, for ten years. I at
first advocated county or township
clubs as the best possible organiza-
ton Tor the farmers, but I have at
tended some of the best county clubs
to be found anywhere, and I have
never seen one that / thought would
compare with the local clubs with
which, am familiar. - .::::
'sIn the large club the attendance is
always irregular, and the talking is
sure to be done by the few. tis prob
ably impossible to get a hundred or
more men together in an. organization
without getting some who are windy
and verbose, and in the large organi-
cation the timid, who most need the
training that preparation. for, and
participation in, the discussion would
furnish, are given no chance.
1.-THE best farmers club in my es-
timation is made up Of twelve or thir-
teen families; enough so they can meet
once q month, and get round in year,
meeting at the homes of the mem bers.
1t is well to have one extra family, so
that in case OF any good reason why
family cannot take the club at the
time assigned, the extra family can
take it.
The advantages of the small club
are:(1 the members are all thorough
ly acquainted with each other from
the start; (2) the attendance is sure
to be regular, for in a small organize
ton of this kind each member knows
he will be missed, and ten years OBJ
servation in two clubs of this kind has
shown me that member is rarely
absent unless unavoidably detained;
(3)in such a club every member is put
On duty. >.:..11 III. 49, So. =.
"Our programme is prepared a year
in advance, and printed, in which is
given the place and time of meeting,
and the topics and various sub-topics
to be discussed"
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The Horse Remembers Kindness.

( A very remarkable incident in the
history OF the original Bush Messen-
ger illustrates that though abuse may
seem to, it does not wholly destroy
the better nature, and that one touch
Of kindness calls into life all the old
virtues. Years after he was sold Mr..
Bush determined to see his old favor
ite, whom he found kept in q pasture
surrounded by a fence ten feet high,
through q hole in which the food and
water were passed to, Messenger as if
be were "a dangerous convict" Mr..
Bush was warned not to enter the in
closure forshis very life, but he went IN
and, unobserved, concealed himself
behind q tree and whistled. With q
neigh the grand old fellow came bound
ing across the field in search OF the
source Of the well-remembered whistle.
The horse raced around the pasture,
and when at the height Of his run Mr..
Bush exposed himself and whistled
again. Messenger wheeled and made
directly for him, while the on-lookers
trembled in terror. But instead Of
seeking to kill, the horse came up gen
lily and laid his head over his old mas
ter's shoulder to receive the CUSTOM
B airy caress. When Mr.. Bush's time
Tor departure had come, he had pro-
reeded but, q few yards from the in
/ closure when there was a crash, and
out Messenger came, bounding Chr ough
the strong bars He followed his
sformer owner to the stable gently,
where he Was secured by strong ropes,
and for long, long distance upon
the road homeward Mr. Bush could
hear the noble animal neighing, slash
ling the stall ami struggling to be free
and follow. S.. 35=55'
lt q q good thing for a man to be
master Of his Nurse, but to be mas
Ter of his affections is an absolutely
noble thing Wallace's Mont hly.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
Tie Iansss Pa.k { i. IIossls, Hlells.

One pint 81 cold boiled milk, one
teasp oonful q salt, two quarts Of sift.
ed flour, one large spo onful Of lard,
one teaspo onful Of sugalr l, one-half cup
OF yeast or half 8 compr cake dis
solved in q half cup 81 lnkewarm
water. Put the -four in a deep bowl,
and salt and sugar. Mix and then rub
in the lard. Make a hole in the center.
Mix the yeast and milk well together,
pour it into the -four we'll and
let it stand until morning.
Then stir and knead thoroughly,
first in the bowl, and, as soon
as stiff enough, on the board. Now
pound for fifteen minutes with a pota-
to 1nasher; as so on as it becomes vel
vety put it back in the bowl, cover it,
and set away in warm place until
very light. Roll out On the board in
a paste q quarter Of an inch thick,
cut with a round cutter, fold one
third over the two thirds, bake iii o
quick oven for fifteen minutes. Mrs,
Rorer says you must remember that
different kinds of -four require more
or less moisture. Do not add the two
whole quarts if less will serve.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
The agricultural papers are discns az
ing the question as to WHIST produces
honey ia thegreatest abundance. They
incline to tho belief TINT ii IS the white

e IS suggested that i onions become
frozen, do not disturb them, for they
win soon rot il handled . H they have
BEEN stored ID . pfaco 81 even temperas
turs o. THUG changes aregradual,
they eans g. kept svur eaa
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-08

lied effort in Illinois, the church should be
able to, as she believed it does, that God has
been with it. Yet, she said, may we not hope
that from this semi centennial, our record
will be as much in advance of our past, as
wore the latter years of Peters ministration
over those of his years of preparation.
This church of to-day can hardly compre
hend the struggles of its pioneers and the
hardships and social ostracism which they
endured. Our mission is to enlarge its
bounds and extend its acknowledged power.
In this we need not go to India for hopeful
field. There is work enough at home for all
our best energies. In any event, wherever
the heart goes with missionary money pro-
test will accompany it against the doctrines
of eternal destruction to ell such as fail or
refuse to accept salvation on the proffered
terms. The church must cultivate mis-
sionary spirit if it would live. 1t must be
sure it has something to give in the cause of
Christ, as Peter had, though he was without
gold and silver. Peter was surprised to
learn in vision that the gospel was for all;
and some of us she feared needed vision to
arouse us to a realization of the same.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-08

not perfect, and cannot be made per-
feet till all mankind agree to make it
so. Says Coleridge in better mood,
1--WE must earn earth before we can
earn heaven" Rather let us say man
kind must make heaven before we can
go to heaven, as the phrase is-in this
world or any other world. 1t is Gods
whole scheme to put US in this way to
make heaven. We have to earn the earth
before we can think of earning heaven.
Yes, but when only few are hunger
ing and thirsting after righteousness,
they cannot be filled. Why then is
there future state? Because God is.
For no other reason. And let us drop
the word future state. What future
state ? An eternal life beginning here,
shall lead each and every one of us to
finite perfection, and therefore to hap
piness. Because there is God, there
fore, there is eternal life for each and
all of US. For no other reason. And
let us also drop the word, "a God"
What God? That is the question and
no one answers it. 1t is only because
"God, is' the perfect God, that we shall
have eternal life. A poor man dying
in work house, said to his nurse-after
having seen his clergyman-it does seem
hard to have suffered so much here only
to go to everlasting torments hereafter.
Seldom has the feeling which must be
the feeling of half the world, been so
simply expressed. How then is it pos
sible to teach either that "God is love-"
or that God commands any duty, unless
God has a plan for bringing each and
all of us to perfectionp How can we
work at all if there be not such plan.
1t is not enough that God should not
be willing to punish everlastingly to
show that he is good. He must be ac-
complishing a design "invariable and
without shadow of turning-the design
to save every one of us everlastingly.
There must be no giving the go by to
searching out, as the very first condi-
tion of religion, whether there be such
a PLAN"
This is what Universalism has been
and is doing, and for which it is so
roundly denounced by those who appa-
rently have been searching out to find
that there is no such plan to save all,
and who in their searching have often
wrested Scripture from its true import
to establish almost universal damna-
ton.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-08
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

There is no difficulty in regard to
amusemepts if the subject is consid-
cred in the right spirit. Too often the
question seems te be, to what extent
may I indulge in worldly amusements
without compromising my Christian
character? That is, 1 give up what
ever 1 can not safely retain. This is
not the Christian spirit. If we have
the spirit of Christ, we will make any
and every reasonable sacrifice for the
salvation of souls and our own spirit
ual growth. There are some amuse-
ments that are not only essentially
worldly, and have always been reckoned
SO, but they tend to frivolity, and are
made so often the instrument or the
occasion of sinfulness that they should
be discountenanced without a second
thought. Amusements, from the Christ
ian point of view, are not to be INDUCED
in except for benefcent purpose.
This position stands in the way of all
the various devices which have no
higher object than to "kill time" to
ease discomfort a class that encroach
on Tina and discount opportunity, that
dissipate thoughtfulness, that relax the
entire mental and moral constitution.
We should ask ourselves when the sub
ject is under consideration, what ben
eft is to be obtained in this or that
association. Will this tend to elevate
my character, and enable me to live
more worthily, and exert larger influ-
ence for good on my associates ? We
have no right to throw away part of
our lives, even if no serious harm seems
to come of it. Life is a sacred trust.
When we overtax our energies for a
time, it is rest and recreation of the
least exciting kind that we need, not
amusement.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-08

firmly, and feels deeply these two great
truths. Any idea among us that Christ
ianity is only one of "the religions" or
that salvation is an arbitrary gift con-
ferred upon man in this world or some
other, without any effort on his part,
will tend to destroy missions. The mere
desire to tell men that they are all 60
ing to be saved bye and bye will never
make us live, persistent missionary
church. 1t may inspire to much exer-
tion in the beginning, when the doc
trine is new; but there is not power
enough in it for sustained effort. We
must not only desire to tell men that
they are going to be saved, but we
must feel deeply that we have a work
to do in saving them.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-08

the able and energetic President, Mrs.
M. r. M. Wallace, of Chicago. Mrs.
E. II. Rexford, of Blue Island, the Sec
retary, was in her place. Hereafter we
shall print the official record Of the bus
mess proceedings. We may here add
that in the past year the women of this
organization have raised So 800 for
home missionary work. 1t has rendered
most valuable help during the semi
centennial year Of the Convention.
The church at Dixon has been revived
and maintained until it is now practi-
cally self-supporting. A pleasant Incl
dent of the afternoon meeting was the
presentation to the Association of
most appropriate and valuable gift by
Mrs. H. B. Manford, of Chicago. Mrs.
Manford Is the owner of all the stereo-
type plates and copyrights Of her late
husbands valuable books, flour or five
in number), all of which she presented
to the Association. The presence of
Mrs. Manford was a source of great
qualification to the friends of the Asso-
citation, and all who were at the Con-
vention. The Association has also
during the year paid $500 on the Lom-
bard scholarship of 81 900, pledged two
years ago, and also $50 interest to the
University.
Reports of officers and committees
were read and acted upon, and the en-
tire board of officers reelected as fol-
lows: President, Mrs. M. r. M. Wal
lace, of Chicago; Vice president, Mrs.
Wilcox, of Elgin Secretary, Mrs. E.
H. Rexford, of Blue Island Treasurer,
Mrs. 7. j. Hall, of Galesburg. Direc-
tors-Miss Belle Gibson, of Chicago
Mrs. Eva w. Monroe, of Joliet; Mrs.
H. B. Manford, Chicago; and Mrs. G..
B. Marsh, of Chicago.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-08
ABOUT TRUST FUNDS.

believe in trust funds. They are like
the fly wheel OF an engine, and insure
steadiness and permanency when slight
failure of power occurs; bnt when the
interest upon trust funds and the contri-
buttons of the few who supply most of the
revenue for missionary work Is small, it is
not wise to 6atter the people, and say that
as people, they are doing splendid mis-
sionary work. That should not be the
Universalist way Of doing missionary
work. The last General Convention has
suggested that we adopt the real Uni
versalist method of getting the means
from all the people whenever they gather
to worship the Giver of every good
thing. The two Philadelphia churches
have adopted this method in addition
to taking annual collections and using
the missionary boxes; but shall we not
whisper something in your ear, kind read.
er? We feel somewhat lonesome. May
we not count upon you and your church
to join US in taking missionary collec-
tions every Sunday?
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-08
THE FORMULATED LESSON PAPER
ADDRESS BY REV. CHARLES coNKL1N

Following is an editorial outline Of Mr..
Conklin's address at the State Convention
on the Formulated Lesson Paper.
Success is luxury that costs. Like
other luxuries the price fiuctuates. It
is never low enough to be within the
reach of the lazy or the Indifferent
This is true in all directions. Method
is the preliminary of success. Many
great enterprises are spoiled by lack of
method. Many soul is lost by false
methods. This is true in Sunday school
work. We need, as church, to recog-
nize this fact. Our work has not been
eminently successful in this direction.
The speaker then proceeded to consider
the formulated Lesson-paper, and to in
quire whether that is the best method
of imparting religious instruction.
He thought it was the best.
O Because the experts in Sunday
school work all agree that it is the best
yet devised. There are experts in Sun
day-school work, men and women, who
have given their lives to the work.
There are many in all denominations
who are such experts; and they agree
in the fact that the formulated lesson
paper is the best method of giving reli-
gious instruction.
(2) This system gives our teachers
the best opportunity for systematic in
struction. The International Series
provides for the special instruction of
the teacher. The series is, in itself,
the best result of special study; it calls
to its aid the best scholars and students
of the age. 1t is the result of the study
of these.
~ 1t insures to the school subjects
that are appropriate for Sunday-school
work. Instruction in the Sunday school
should be religious, not often so, or
mainly so, but al,0ayS, from Sunday to
Sunday. Where such systematic reli-
gious instruction is absent singular
topics are sometimes selected. These
are always to be avoided. Every week
this system brings before the teacher
and pupils religious lesson.
(4) The system has the benefit of sta
bility. The pastor may be engaged in
other work, but the lesson is always
ready. 1t is the work of a specialist
and can be depended upon. The busy
pastor may find it impossible to prepare
the lesson, but the teacher has one, all
the same, ready to his hand.
(5) There is the element of Catholic
ity. The lesson is that used by all the
different schools in the country. We
place this general lesson before our par
ticular school, causing our scholars to
feel that they are in company with the
grand army of learners in God and
Christ.
But there are objections to the system.
~ 1t is objected that the passages
of Scripture are not always wisely
chosen they are sometimes sterile and
barren of interest. This is true only
measurably. No passage is SO sterile